# branco
## French
### Etymology

Abbreviation of brancardier.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʁɑ̃.ko/

### Noun

branco m (plural brancos)
* (military, colloquial) stretcher-bearer

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese branco, inherited from Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɾaŋko/ [ˈbɾɑŋ.kʊ]
* Rhymes: -aŋko

### Adjective

branco (feminine branca, masculine plural brancos, feminine plural brancas)
* white (colour)

### See also

Colors in Galician · cores (layout · text) :
| branco | gris | negro, preto |
| vermello; carmín | laranxa; castaño, marrón | amarelo; crema |
| verde lima | verde | menta; verde escuro |
| ciano; azul verdoso | cerúleo | azul |
| violeta; anil | maxenta; púrpura | rosa |

## Italian
### Etymology

From branca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbran.ko/
* Rhymes: -anko
* Hyphenation: bràn‧co

### Noun

branco m (plural branchi)
* flock (of sheep)
* pack (of wolves or dogs)
* gang (of people)

## Mirandese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɾɐ̃.ku/

### Adjective

branco (feminine branca, masculine plural brancos, feminine plural brancas)
* white

### References

“branco” in Amadeu Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona Ferreira, Dicionário Mirandês-Português, 1st edition, 2004.

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank.

### Pronunciation

* (Galicia) IPA: /ˈbɾã.ko/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɾã.kʊ/

### Adjective

branco m (plural brancos, feminine branca, feminine plural brancas)
* white
** 1198, Cancioneiro da Ajuda, Paio Soares de Taveirós, A 38: No mundo non me sei parella (facsimile)
    […] mia ſennor branca e / uermella. […] my lady of white skin and / reddish face.

#### Descendants

* Fala: blãcu
* Galician: branco
* Portuguese: branco (see there for further descendants)

### See also

Colors in Old Galician-Portuguese · coores, colores (layout · text) :
| branco, blanco, alvo | gris | negro, preto |
| vermelho | castanho | amarelo |
| | verde | |
| | | azur |
| | cardẽo | rosa |

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese branco, inherited from Early Medieval Latin blancus with regular dissimilation of -l- to -r- after a consonant. Compare Galician branco, Spanish blanco. Doublet of Bianca, a name borrowed from Italian.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɾɐ̃.ku/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃ku
* Hyphenation: bran‧co

### Noun

branco m (plural brancos)
* white (color)
    Synonyms: (poetic) alvo, cândido
** (heraldry) argent
** white clothing
* (Brazil, informal) blackout (failure in recalling something)
    Synonym: branca
    Me deu um branco na prova!I couldn’t remember anything during the test!
* (oenology) Ellipsis of vinho branco.

#### Derived terms

* dar um branco

### Noun

branco m (plural brancos, feminine branca, feminine plural brancas)
* a white person
    Synonyms: (formal and relatively uncommon) caucasiano, (derogatory) branquelo

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:branco.

### Adjective

branco (feminine branca, masculine plural brancos, feminine plural brancas, comparable, comparative mais branco, superlative o mais branco or branquíssimo, diminutive branquinho, augmentative brancão)
* white in color
* (of a person) white; Caucasian
    Synonym: (formal and relatively uncommon) caucasiano
* (of a person) pale; pallid
    Synonym: pálido
* white (lightest in color compared to similar objects)

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:branco.

#### Derived terms

* azul e branco
* branco do olho
* branco-gelo
* branco-marfim
* brancor
* brancura
* branquear
* branquismo
* branquitude
* em branco
* embranquecer
* glóbulo branco
* vinho branco

#### Descendants

* Angolar: baanku
* Guinea-Bissau Creole: branku
* Indo-Portuguese: branco
* Kabuverdianu: bránku
* Korlai Creole Portuguese: brak
* Kristang: brangku
* Principense: baanku
* Sãotomense: blanku

### See also

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text) :
| branco, alvo, cândido | cinza, gris, cinzento | preto, negro, atro |
| vermelho, encarnado, rubro, salmão; carmim | laranja, cor de laranja; castanho, marrom | amarelo, lúteo; creme, ocre |
| verde-limão | verde | verde-água; verde-menta |
| ciano, turquesa; azul-petróleo | azul-bebê, azul-celeste | azul, índigo, anil |
| violeta, lilás | magenta; roxo, púrpura | rosa, cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque |